Brazil, 1964-1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War

by Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna

An insightful study of the political, economic, and social changes Brazil experienced during the twenty-year rule of its Cold War military regime.

Cuba's revolution in 1959 fueled powerful anti-Communist fears in the United States. As a result, in the years that followed, governments throughout Central and South America were toppled in U.S.-backed military coups, and by 1977 only three democratically elected leaders remained in all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300223315
• ISBN13: 9780300223316
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"